Dismay
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪsˈmeɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dismay is a verb meaning To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
Meaning
To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy.
More Meanings
- To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
- A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
Example Sentences
Do not dismay yourself for this.
Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
Word Forms
- dismays
- dismaying
- dismayed
Synonyms for dismay
Depending on context, synonyms include daunt, appall, terrify, consternation, alarm, deject.
Antonyms for dismay
Common opposites include elate, uplift, lift up, intoxicate, pick up.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include appall, deject, disheartenment, discouragement, dispirit, demoralize.
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